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Grounded in a culture of innovation and collaboration, we believe real progress comes from bold ideas, human ingenuityand a shared passion to create something extraordinary. When you join AMD, you’lldiscover the real differentiator is our culture. We push the limits of innovation to solve the world’s most important challenges-striving for execution excellence, while being direct, humble, collaborative, and inclusive of diverse perspectives. Join us as we shape the future of AI and beyond.Together, we advance your career.\nTHE ROLE:\nAMDis looking for a specializedsoftware engineer who is passionate about improving the performance of key applications and benchmarks. You will be a member of a core team of incredibly talentedindustry specialists and will work with the very latest hardware and software technology.\nTHE PERSON:\nThe ideal candidate should be passionate about software engineering and possess leadership skills to drive sophisticated issues to resolution. 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AMD and its subsidiaries are equal opportunity, inclusive employers and will consider all applicants without regard to age, ancestry, color, marital status, medical condition, mental or physical disability, national origin, race, religion, political and/or third-party affiliation, sex, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity, military or veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. We encourage applications from all qualified candidates and will accommodate applicants’ needs under the respective laws throughout all stages of the recruitment and selection process.\nAMD may use Artificial Intelligence to help screen, assess or select applicants for this position. AMD’s “Responsible AI Policy” is available here.\n\nThis posting is for an existing vacancy.\nTHE ROLE:\nAMDis looking for a specializedsoftware engineer who is passionate about improving the performance of key applications and benchmarks. 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Able to communicate effectively and work optimally with different teams across AMD.\nKEY RESPONSIBILITIES:\nDevelop and drive execution of comprehensive, highly effective software for sophisticated new technology and new product introduction projects\nProvide quick and robust technical support for key customer projects \nDevelop the optimization features and validate before releasing themto customers\nContribute to a high-functioning feature team\nCollaborate closely with multiple teams to deliver key planning solutions and the technology to support them\nHelp contribute to the design and implementation of future architecture for a highly scalable, durable,and innovative system\nWork very closely with dev teams and Project Managers to drive results\nSkilled in using AI agent tools to assitant testing and analysis work, improve the efficiency of daily work. \nPREFERRED EXPERIENCE:\nExpert knowledge and hands-on experience in C, C++, python.\nFamiliar with AI operations libraries, like flashInfer, tensorRT-LLM, CUTLASS, Aiter(AMD) etc. Used and customized ops and ops fusion from above libraries.\nFamiliar with Triton compiler backend, on top of llir/ASM program with explicit layout, pipeline optimization. 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